Favorite 80s Movies

Hi Lovelies!

I thought tonight I would show you three of my favorite 80s movies. All of these movies bring back so many memories whenever I watch them. I am a child of the 80s and I am not afraid to admit it. I love the clothes, the music, and the movies.

So, here is the list that I have compiled! These are in no particular order

Movie #1:  The Breakfast Club

 Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal (Paul Gleason). The disparate group includes rebel John (Judd Nelson), princess Claire (Molly Ringwald), outcast Allison (Ally Sheedy), brainy Brian (Anthony Michael Hall) and Andrew (Emilio Estevez), the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.


Movie #2: The Karate Kid

Daniel (Ralph Macchio) moves to Southern California with his mother, Lucille (Randee Heller), but quickly finds himself the target of a group of bullies who study karate at the Cobra Kai dojo. Fortunately, Daniel befriends Mr. Miyagi (Noriyuki "Pat" Morita), an unassuming repairman who just happens to be a martial arts master himself. Miyagi takes Daniel under his wing, training him in a more compassionate form of karate and preparing him to compete against the brutal Cobra Kai.


Movie #3: Sixteen Candles

With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha (Molly Ringwald) faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly older boy Jake (Michael Schoeffling), but worries that her chastity will be a turnoff for the popular senior. Meanwhile, Samantha must constantly rebuff the affections of nerdy Ted (Anthony Michael Hall), the only boy in the school, unfortunately, who seems to take an interest in her.



What are some of your favorite 80s movies?


XOXO

Angie

15 Summer Blog Post Ideas

Even though summer is still about a month away, it's already starting to feel like summer around my neck of the woods. Summer plans have been made and some have already been accomplished. Summer is my favorite time of the year. Not so much for the heat, but for the slow pace and more fun attitudes that most people seem to have. So, tonight I am giving you 15 summer blog post ideas so you will have tons of fun things to write about during these summer months.

• favorite summer activity
• a summer recipe
• summer reading list
• June, July. August goals
• summer must haves
• kids crafts; summer ideas
• favorite summer TV shows
• recap of your favorite movies you saw over the summer
• share a summer playlist
• labor day/plans recap
• a full summer recap
• healthy eating tips/tricks
• favorite outdoor activities
• what's in your pool/beach bag
• Memorial day plans/recap

Burgers in the Slow Cooker

Did you know that you can cook hamburgers in your slow cooker? I just found this out by accident today and I cannot wait to try it out. This is something that I have never thought of doing.  Here is a recipe that I found:

The Classic Hamburger

Making the perfect hamburger in your slow cooker is easy and delicious. All you need are a few ingredients, hamburger buns and your favorite toppings.
Ingredients:

• 2 pounds fresh-ground chuck or sirloin
• 1 large green bell pepper, seeded, stemmed, and finely chopped
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 1 cup Italian seasoned bread crumbs
• 1 package dry ranch dressing
• 1 package onion soup mix
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
• 1/4 cup water.

Directions

1. In a large mixing bowl, combine the ground beef, pepper, onion, bread crumbs, ranch dressing, soup mix, egg, Worcestershire sauce and water.
2. Mix well with hands or a large fork.
3. Divide mixture in half and shape into 6 burgers, 1-inch thick.
4. Arrange burgers in the bottom of your slow cooker with enough space between.
5. Cover and cook on low for 4 to 6 hours, until burgers are firm and register an internal temperature of 160 degrees on an instant-read thermometer.
6. Serve on toasted buns with desired toppings.

25 Healthy Habits to Start Today

Hi Lovelies!

Today's post is all about healthy habits. A healthy habit is acquired when we are consistently making healthy choices as part of our regular behavior. Interestingly, even people who develop healthy habits are likely to make unhealthy choices at least part of the time.

Here is a list of healthy habits that you can start today (or any day).

• Think positive
• Drink more water
• GO to bed early 
• Eat plant based foods
• Exercise regularly
• Practice yoga
• Get outdoors and enjoy nature
• Read more
• Make a to do list
• Snack on healthy foods
• Make a workout plan
• Eat a healthy breakfast
• Set goals, long and short term 
• Do what makes you happy
• Try new recipes
• Stretch before and after exercise
• Invest in a good form roller
• Consistently learn new things
• Don't fear failure
• It's okay to say No
• Be resilient
• Never give up on your dreams
• Start TODAY

What are some of your healthy habits?

Happy Homemaker Monday {5/21/2018}

Good evening Friends, hope everyone had a great weekend.

This is A's last week of school, so it's going to be a busy week with all of the end of the school activities. She is so excited for summer break, swimming at the pool, and going to Girl Scout meetings.

Anyways, let's get on with Happy Homemaker Monday! Shall we?

Breakfast time....what is on the plate this morning

Cereal and toast

Right now I am

Sitting at the dining room table typing up this post.

The weather outside

We had some scary storms over the weekend. This week's weather looks beautiful (except for Tuesday)

Looking around the house

The living room still needs be picked up and the bathrooms need to be cleaned. I just have a load of sheets and towels that need to be folded and put away. The kitchen needs to be cleaned. 

On today's to do list

Laundry- fold all of the laundry that I washed over the weekend.
Cleaning- general tidying of the house needs to be done.
Cooking- meal prep for the week
Meal planning- I need to set up my meal plan calendar for June
Planning- I need to update my planners and my bullet journal and I need to work my editorial calendar for June

Currently reading

I just started reading Gone Girl last night

On the TV today

Currently I am watching This is Us and Will and Grace, and Roseanne

On the menu this week

Monday- Baked potatoes and green beans
Tuesday-  Mississippi chicken, rice pilaf, veggie
Wednesday- Mini corn dogs mac and cheese with corn
Thursday- Corn dogs from Sonic

Friday- Pizza and breadsticks
Saturday- Mexican cornbread

Sunday- Beans with ham, fried potatoes, cornbread

If I have a few minutes to myself I will

I will curl up on the couch with a blanket and read my current book.

Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key verses

Currently {5/19/2018}

 Time and place: 5:30pm  and I am in the dining room, typing up this post.
 
Eating: Tacos and chips


Drinking: A big glass of water (always)

Watching: The Royal Wedding: Harry and Megan

Reading: Gone Girl

Loving: the warm weather we have been having lately, but we do have some severe weather in our area.

Working: I just started designing a meal planner. I cannot wait to see how it turns out! I'm so excited for this new project. I am also working on a weekly planner insert that I am excited about. I am also working on a subscription box that I am excited about.

Listening: to the TV 

Buying: Clothes for both girls and some make up for me, and a new slow cooker.

Planning: I have most of my posts planned for May already. I just have to write and schedule them. I am working on setting up some deadlines for my meal planner. I am also working with my husband on designing a new website. I am also working on some planner inserts. This should keep me busy for a while!

I'm still planning my youngest daughter's birthday party. She wants a Minnie Mouse theme, so I am trying to think of some ideas for her cake, the decorations, and some party games.

Wondering: can I pull it off? How will I pull it off?

Feeling: tired, but happy, always.

What are you currently up to?

Friday Favorites: Oh, the Places I'd Like to Go

Hi Lovelies!

I hope everyone has had a great day!! Ours was fine, just filled with lots of house cleaning and spending quality time with my family.

Today on Friday Favorites, I thought I would share some of the places that I can only dream of visiting. 

The first is, Greece. It looks so beautiful and is in my top four places that I would like to visit.

The second place I would like to visit would have to be Italy. 

This is another beautiful place. It's breathtaking and I would love to visit one day.

The third place I would like to visit would be Paris, even it's just too see the Eiffel Tower.

The last place that I would like to visit is, England. 

Writing this post actually reminded me of one of my favorite movies, European Vacation. LOL!! Great movie by the way!

What are some of the places you would like to visit?

What I Learned From Watching Dirty Dancing

Dirty Dancing is one of my favorite movies. I have seen this movie so many times that it has come determinantal to my well being. As an example, I firmly believe that it takes exactly three weeks to fall in love and learn mambo. In real life, this is impossible because no matter what in the end you will end up with spaghetti arms.

Here as some of the observations I have made after watching Dirty Dancing for the 12478576899375th time:

1. Never get involved with the entertainment staff

If you hang out with the entertainment staff, you will inevitably find yourself mixed up with a bad crowd. You will disobey your parents, help a stranger get an illegal abortion, learn the mambo, and hang with people of a different socioeconomic status. You will also have the time of your life.

2. Watermelons are awful conversations starters

Or are they? Because Baby got to meet and dance with Johnny Castle. And like they say, the rest is history.

3. The Catskills in 1963 were a progressive wonderland

4. Rick and Sam retired to the Catskills

Rick and Sam retired and opened up their own mountain side resort where they lived happily ever after, gambling, and judging the youth of America.

5. Trying on wigs is only for the rich

6. Guys who attend the Cornell School of Hotel Management are the worst.

7. Jake Hauseman is the ideal father

Baby thought she would never find a guy as great as her dad. He has high expectations for his daughters even though they do disagree from time to time.

8. And the most important lesson of all.

Because if you’re anything like Baby Houseman, good things in the form of Johnny Castle will happen to you. At least that is what I keep telling myself.

So, yes Dirty Dancing is fantastic and I will never get tired of it. I will bask in the glory that is Dirty Dancing and enjoy every minute of the movie.

~Angie

Song I'm Loving- Bohemian Raphsody

 Hi Lovelies!!

Has anyone seen the trailer for Bohemian Rhapsody (the movie about Queen)? It just saw it this afternoon and now I can't wait to see the movie! This is one of my favorite Queen songs and I thought it would be fun to share it with you.

What is your favorite Queen song?

Slow Cooker Thursday- Beef Stroganoff

A fast and easy crock pot beef stroganoff that takes just a few minutes of prep work for a fantastic, hearty, family friendly meal and it's a family favorite!

 Beef Stroganoff

 

Ingredients

1 large onion

1 lb beef stew meat

1 tsp garlic salt

1 cup milk

2 cans cream of mushroom soup

4 Tbs Worcestershire sauce 

8 ounces cream cheese

1 16 ounce package egg noodles

Optional ingredients

1/2 cup sour cream

1 cup fresh mushroom

Instructions

1.  Start by chopping up your onion, and putting it in fry pan with your stew meat.
2. Season with the garlic salt
3. Cook just until the onion starts to get translucent and meat is browned on outside, but not cooked through.This will help keep the meat moist while it cooks in the crock pot. You can skip this and just dump everything into the crock pot, but it won't be as moist and tender when it is done. Taking a few minutes to brown the meat helps a lot.
4. In a separate bowl, mix together milk, mushroom soup, Worcestershire sauce, and cream cheese. Stir well so not too lumpy. (If adding in the sour cream and mushrooms, do that here)
5. Put sauce mixture and meat and onions in crock pot, put lid on, and cook on low for 4-6 hours. You can stir occasionally.
6. Just before finished, boil water and cook noodles according to package directions.
7. When noodles are cooked through, and drained, stir into crock pot. Let sit about 5 minutes,

Weekly and Daily Cleaning Routines for Busy Stay at Home Moms

I have been a busy stay at home mom since 2010. Staying up on housework has always been a struggle for me. I often times feel overwhelmed with trying to keep up with everything and sometimes cleaning the house is the last thing on my to do list. I always think I will get to it later, but, let's be honest that almost never happens. So, today I'm sharing with you my weekly and daily cleaning routines. These routines are extremely practical and are so easy to follow.

How to Create a Weekly and Daily Cleaning Routine 

To create a weekly schedule, you must first determine the various rooms that need to be cleaned on a regular basis. Instead of trying to do all of the cleaning in one day break up your cleaning tasks by room. Clean one room (maybe two) a day, but cleaning for that room goes above and beyond what a normal clean would be. 

Here is my weekly cleaning schedule:

Sunday- wash and change bed sheets.
Monday- steam mop all floors, vacuum all bedrooms.
Tuesday- dust all flat surfaces.
Wednesday- wipe down and clean out the fridge, deep clean the kitchen.
Thursday- wipe down the washer and dryer, deep clean the laundry room.
Friday- deep clean the living room and dining room.
Saturday- deep clean the bathrooms and bedrooms. 

When it comes to daily cleaning, there are a few tasks that must be completed everyday, like washing the dishes. Make a list of chores that you absolutely have to get done each and everyday.
And picking up miscellaneous items and putting there up where they belong. Make a list of the chores that you absolutely have to get done each and every day. You could even assign these tasks to various members of your family to help out a bit. 

Here is my daily cleaning schedule:

There are a few daily tasks that have to be done every single day. One of these tasks is the dishes. Because I cook all of our meals and I hand wash all of the dishes three times a day (I don't have a dishwasher), my kitchen can get out of hand very quickly. Let me tell you, it's not a pretty sight.

Second, another absolutely must clean area of my home are the counter tops. Every night I make sure to wipe everything before going to bed.

Third, I wash one of clothes every day. It's the only way for me to keep up with "Mt. Washmore". 

Lastly, the final daily chore I do each day is make sure things that have been left out are put away in their proper places. I make to do a 15 minute tidy up around the house. It's always nice to wake up to a clean and tidy house. 

What does your weekly and daily cleaning routines look like?
 

My Favorite Big Bang Theory Quotes

Hi Lovelies!

I just discovered the Big Bang Theory a few months ago. I know I'm late to the party, but in my defense we don't have cable and our antenna doesn't pick up CBS. We do have a streamer and we have been watching the show on the TBS app. I think it's my new favorite show. I just love it!1

So, I thought that I would share some of my favorite quotes. So here ya go!! Enjoy!


Quote #1:

Quote #2:

Quote #3:

Quote #4:

What are some of your favorite quotes from the show?

Happy Homemaker Monday on a Tuesday {5/8/2018}

Good evening Friends, hope everyone had a great weekend.

I meant to post this yesterday, but we had a very busy Monday! I cleaned most of the day and then had to take my daughter to an after school activity, so my Monday just got away from me. Happens to everyone, right?

Anyways, let's get on with Happy Homemaker Monday! Shall we?

Breakfast time....what is on the plate this morning

This morning's breakfast was a breakfast burrito and a glass of milk. 

Right now I am

Sitting at the dining room table typing up this post.

The weather outside

After the scary weather we had last week, the weather this is absolutely beautiful.
 

Looking around the house

The living room still needs be picked up and the bathrooms need to be cleaned. I just have a load of sheets and towels that need to be folded and put away.

On today's to do list

Laundry- fold all of the laundry that I washed over the weekend.
Cleaning- general tidying of the house needs to be done.
Cooking- baking muffins for snacks this week, and then I need to finish my weekly food prep.
Meal planning- I still need to set up my meal plan calendar for May.
Planning- I need to update my planners and my bullet journal.

Currently reading

I just started reading Gone Girl last night

On the TV today

Currently I am watching This is Us and Will and Grace

On the menu this week

Monday- Chicken and rice with green beans
Tuesday- Taco Tuesday
Wednesday- Mini corn dogs mac and cheese with corn
Thursday- Sandwiches, veggies and fruit

Friday- Pizza and breadsticks
Saturday- Mexican cornbread

Sunday- Ham, potato salad, veggies, and cheesecake

If I have a few minutes to myself I will

I will curl up on the couch with a blanket and read my current book.

Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key verses

Nutella S'mores Fudge

Two favorite flavors -- Nutella and s’mores -- come together in this indulgent, super-easy fudge. The secret ingredient? Frosting!

Nutella S'mores Fudge

 

Ingredients

1 bag (11.5 oz) milk chocolate chips (2 cups)

1 cup Nutella™ hazelnut spread with cocoa

1 container (1 lb) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy frosting milk chocolate

1 cup Golden Grahams™ cereal

1 cup miniature marshmallows 

Steps  

• Line 8- or 9-inch square pan with foil; spray with cooking spray.
• In large microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips and hazelnut spread uncovered on High in 30-second intervals, stirring after each interval, 40 seconds to 2 minutes or until smooth.
• Stir in frosting; microwave uncovered on High 20 to 30 seconds or until melted. Stir in cereal and marshmallows; blend well. Spread evenly in pan. Refrigerate uncovered until set, about 1 hour.
• Cut into 8 rows by 8 rows. Store covered in refrigerator.

Due To Severe Weather

Hi Lovelies!

Due to severe weather in my area, today's blog post was never published. However, it will go live tomorrow afternoon. Sorry for the inconvenience.

On the blog Saturday.....

9 Mealtime Hacks for Busy Moms

Good night!!! 

May 2018 Goals

How is May already? Where has the time gone? Well, with a new month comes my May 2018 goals. Since I forgot to post my April 2018 goals....let's get started with this month's goals, shall we?

In May I want to:

• Read at least one book
• work on being more consistent on Instagram
• take a trip the zoo
• watch at least one movie this month
• be more consistent with my yoga practice
• give myself one self care day a week
• find time to journal
• have blog posts scheduled through June

What are your goals for the month of May?